The world is one of great prosperity and great poverty. Those who ascend and those who are but fuel for others to excel. This is the sacred realm of immortals. This realm is blessed with heavenly chi that cultivators refine within their bodies and souls.The journey into immortality was not without difficulty. From peasant herbalist to slave to immortal and slave again. The world of cultivation is not kind. In the beginning, I did not understand how those with so much could take from those who had so little. I could not see nobility in the immortals whose ranks I had been forced to join.But, even with the avarice and greed of those who stand above, there is also sacrifice. The world of my mortal youth was small. I did not see the threats my world faced. This world is one of many sundered realms. The Calamity, that great war of old, divided us. But, our division is ending, the Convergence is upon us.In my life before, I faced the first wave of the armies of the gods. The daeva. Demi-humans from beyond the Pillar of Creation. In this war, I saw the sacrifice that even immortals will make to protect their world.And yet, all the turmoil of war cannot compare with the terror, in my soul, that comes when constellations fall. The abomination has lost its place in the heavens. It's appetites, insatiable. Without the knight to guard against this cosmic monster, what will happen to my world? And, those I came to love?My name is Rook, and the world I knew was one of poverty and suffering. But now, I have begun again. Regressed through time to the beginning of my immortal life. The path I tread now will not be the one I walked before. My immortal's journey begins anew.[It should also be noted that I will be posting side stories, set in the Cultivating the Constellations universe, in my Legends of the Nexus - Anthology. These stories are non-essential reading for the events of the canon Cultivating the Constellations narrative. And, their primary purpose is to allow me to explore and expand the story in a more organic way. If you find yourself curious, I hope you find them entertaining.]Cultivating the Constellations Book 1https://neobook.org/book/9Ifdgsut/